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The Sickness Unto Death

from EXILES: pt. 1 "Tristia" by The English Wraith

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lyrics

All the leaves of evil adorn the way to nirvana
Pagans for the reaper;
What yesteryear’s come to pass will set us free
Broke when the seal’s read;
Oh dear God what will be
Do what you please til
All the stars collide to end your sleep
Vigil by the tree at dusk, the leaves have all fallen down
When the dawn is breaking the rooster crows at last
But not for me
Why did you leave us here to die
To cut the cord with no goodbye
The brightness burns
The eyes look to the light

Too late to call out when all the blood came falling on my hands
They’ll burn the children, their ashes will just mingle with the sand
You’d be the apple of my eye just to be there at my side
Pushed off the cliff before we fly

As fire ignites the wasteland, a newborn is heard to cry
I will have the last laugh, you can have the rest
On bended knee
And so you’re sucked into this hole
I’m guessing heaven only knows
The laughter in your suicide
The tugging at your sleeve

Hours by the wall
Held the stare
To burn so bright, a night light
So self aware

When mother calls me, I will sleep at last inside your bed
On every page are images to never leave my head
The sunken angels screaming for now and evermore
A manic ocean tide still elusive at the core

Trailing after the scent, the darkness will manifest
Would take a single droplet to shake this pale unrest
Stand on my feet
Everything is so divine
Look at me I’m right on time
Climbing up an endless vine
Why won’t you sleep at night?

Come now away
Raised in pain
Strung up in hate
Locked out the gate

Harken with fine ears; the midnight sounds and now they’ll empty me
A waste of my years; a moaning lisa on a picture’s sleeve
I couldn’t wait to see inside so I climbed into your heart
Eternally in this divide as it echoes from the start

Don’t let me be buried alive
There’s got to be another way inside
I’m looking out where the blood is shed
And I’m a stranger to all of it

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from EXILES: pt. 1 "Tristia", released January 16, 2015

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